Example sentences of "not [be] a [noun] of [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Which may or may not be a kind of madness . |
| 2 | It should not be a question of making do with what we have but a question of what we should have . |
| 3 | It may not be a case of capacity or no capacity . |
| 4 | Thirdly , just because preferences are subjective , it does not follow that there will not be a degree of consensus about them . |
| 5 | This example suggests that having such a membership should not be a pre-requisite of representativeness , but it may be a relevant factor to take into account . |
| 6 | ‘ That might not be a bit of harm ! ’ they smiled back . |
| 7 | Thus the early killing age at Walton need not be a reflection of success in animal husbandry . |
| 8 | Alexander seems to have shared this insouciant attitude to the economic problem , arguing at one stage that there should not be a problem of competition for manpower between civilian and military uses as ‘ a slight increase in productivity ’ would solve the manpower gap . |
| 9 | This will not be a service of repetition or speculation . |
| 10 | This will not be a service of repetition or speculation . |
| 11 | It can not be a lack of expertise , given the framework . |
| 12 | He is clear , I think , that there would not be a Secretary of State for Scotland , but that is not the Labour party 's view . |
| 13 | I had hoped that the hon. Gentleman was going to say whether he was in favour of the Liberal Democrats ' position that there should not be a Secretary of State and on Labour 's position that there should be . |
| 14 | Councillors want an assurance that RAF Valley will not be a casualty of defence review cuts . |
| 15 | A disposition can not be a transfer of value if , broadly , it was made without the intention of conferring any gratuitous benefits ( s10(1) ) . |
| 16 | A disposition is a very wide term and for instance a transfer out of assets by trustees to a tenant for life although it would not be a transfer of value would nevertheless be a disposition . |
| 17 | For example , the provision of emergency services locally may not be a matter of choice , although there are , no doubt , choices relating to the nature and extent of emergency cover , eg number of accident and emergency units in a given geographical area and the extent of 24 hours a day , 7 days a week cover . |
| 18 | It should not be a matter of pick and choose , as the Government please . |
| 19 | Conventions must therefore be established and followed strictly , about the manner in which such instructions are to be given and their content fixed , so that it can not be a matter of dispute what these instructions are . |
| 20 | That should not be a matter of controversy and I hope that the Minister will consider it . |
| 21 | And and and in the sort of business that a lot of M Ps , or people that become M Ps , and the sort of Mm er way they have to l It may not be a lot of money , and maybe they are entitled to some more . |
| 22 | And , while there may not be a lot of muck any more , there is still plenty of brass . |
| 23 | it 's right soft carpet , it does n't , there not be a lot of wool in it for that money , you know what I mean |
| 24 | It would not be a source of comfort to the hardpressed British public if they were to become aware that ( reckoning our overseas statistics globally not a single bean of substance for themselves or of capital equipment for British manufacturers is likely to be left over from the American credit ; and that we shall require , on balance , the whole of it , and , unless we change our ways , much more to feed and sustain Allies , liberated territories and ex-enemies , to maintain our military prestige overseas , and , generally speaking to cut a dash in the world considerably above our means . |
| 25 | The white cylinder in question may not be a piece of chalk but a carefully contrived fake placed there by a scheming pupil in search of amusement . |
| 26 | Will there not be a continuity of evolution implied , in contradiction to our postulated discontinuous collapse ? |
| 27 | Why , after all , should there not be a mode of production which is equally dependent on a variety of kinds of legitimation ? |
| 28 | And if they 'd a bigger place than that there little rectory , there would n't be a stick of furniture neither ! ’ |
| 29 | ‘ It wo n't be a case of majority rules . |
| 30 | ‘ It would n't be a couple of gin and tonics , it would be two bottles . ’ |